Hilton

H4I1L1T1O1N1
/ˈhɪltən/

proper noun

A surname.

OriginOld English hyll ← Norman Hildun →
CommonScrabble 9
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A surname.

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  2. A number of places in the United Kingdom:
    1. A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL2966).
    2. A small village in Murton parish, Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY7320).
    3. A village and civil parish in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2430).
    4. A village and civil parish in north Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST7803).
    5. A small village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ1621).
    6. A village and civil parish in Stockton-on-Tees borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ4611).
    7. A village in Worfield parish, south-east Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO7795).
    8. A civil parish in South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England, near Featherstone.
    9. A hamlet in Wall parish, Lichfield district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SK0805).
    10. A suburb of Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ9208).
    11. A southern suburb of Inverness, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH6743).
    12. A hamlet near Tain, Highland council area (OS grid ref NH7980).
    13. A hamlet in Berwickshire, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT8850).
  3. A number of places in the United States:
    1. An unincorporated community in Early County, Georgia.
    2. An unincorporated community in Perry County, Kentucky.
    3. An unincorporated community in Howard County, Maryland.
    4. A community in Atlantic Highlands borough, Monmouth County, New Jersey.
    5. A village in the town of Parma, Monroe County, New York.
    6. An unincorporated community in Creek County, Oklahoma.
  4. A township on St. Joseph Island, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada.
  5. A town near Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa.
  6. A suburb of Adelaide in the City of West Torrens, South Australia.
  7. A suburb of Fremantle, Western Australia.

Origin

  1. NormanHildun
  2. Old Englishhyll“hill”
  3. EnglishHilton

From many placenames in England and Scotland, including: * Old English hyll (“hill”) + tun (“settlement”); sometimes the first element is interpreted as Old English hield (“slope”) or helde (“tansy”) * From Norman Hildun, from Old English hild (“battle”) + húnn (“bear cub”)

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Cite this entry
APA

Hilton. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hilton

MLA

“Hilton.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hilton. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Hilton,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hilton.

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